Facebook Board Upholds Trump Suspension

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    FILE - President Donald Trump speaks to crowd before boarding Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., in this Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, file photo. Former President Donald Trump will find out this week whether he gets to return to Facebook. The social network’s quasi-independent Oversight Board says it will announce its decision Wednesday, May 5 on a case concerning the former president. Trump's account was suspended for inciting violence that led to the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riots. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez, File)

    SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Former President Donald Trump won’t return to Facebook — for now.

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    The social network’s quasi-independent Oversight Board voted to uphold his ban from the platform after his account was suspended four months ago for inciting violence that led to the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

    While uploading the suspension, the board faulted Facebook for the way it made the decision.

    The board said the ongoing risk of serious violence justified Facebook’s suspension at the time, but said it “was not appropriate for Facebook to impose an ‘indefinite’ suspension.”

    The board agreed with Facebook that that two of Trump’s Jan. 6 posts “severely violated” the content standards of both Facebook and Instagram.

    “We love you. You’re very special,” he said in the first post, and “great patriots” and “remember this day forever” in the second. Those violated Facebook’s rules against praising or supporting people engaged in violence, the board said.

    The board says Facebook has six months to reexamine the “arbitrary penalty” it imposed on Jan. 7 and decide on another penalty that reflects the “gravity of the violation and the prospect of future harm.”

    The board says the new penalty must be “clear, necessary and proportionate” and consistent with Facebook’s rules for severe violations.

    The board says if Facebook decides to restore Trump’s accounts, the company must be able to promptly address further violations.

    Trump has also been permanently banned from Twitter.


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    hashomer
    hashomer
    2 years ago

    He’s still pushing the absolute nonsense that he won the Nov election. No one actually believes that. Every day he becomes less important.

    Educated Archy
    Educated Archy
    2 years ago

    The real truth is the haters can’t stand that Trump used their platform so well in 2016 to get his message out and circumvent the lairs and fake newsters. This is just a way to get even and obtain control. Its OK to post stuff from the Aytollah but not Trump. Hypocrites.